Little too small

Collected by Sue Jackson For M.C. Parler Transcribed by Linda Humphrey
Sung by Mrs. Pearl Brewer Ravenden Springs, Ark. Feb. 23, 1964
Reel 431 Item 2
A Little Too Small
I'm one of those jolly good fellows, you know.
I always enjoy a good time;
I pay my way wherever I go;
I'm willing to spend my last dime.
I have but one failing for the world to know,
And that is I can't stretch and grow tall,
And the girls they all say,
Young man, you're a little too samll.
You're a little to samll, my dear boy;
You would not answer at all;
You're young yet, you know,
Perhaps you may grow,
At present you're a little too small.
There's a girl in this town that I lived;
I loved her as I loved my own life;
One day like a goose, I fell on my knees And asked her to be my dear wife.
She fell in my arms, declared that she would;
We were to be wed last fall.
Though I'm single yet, and the reason she gave She said I was a little too small.
Youre a little too samll my dear boy,
You would not answer at all;
You're young yet, you know,
Perhaps you may grow;
At present you'er a little too samll.
I got a message down South a rich uncle had died; Of course I went in for my share.
The lawyer was there, those few words to say,
My son, you're a young millionaire.A Little Too Small (continued)
The next day while walking down the street, The ladies all on me did call;
Turning around and tipping my hat,
Saying girls, you're a little too tall.
You"re a little too tall, my dear girls,
You would not answer at all;
I'm young yet, you know,
Perhaps I may grow,
At present you're a little too tall.

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Collected by Sue Jackson For M.C. Parler Transcribed by Linda Humphrey
Sung by Mrs. Pearl Brewer Ravenden Springs, Ark. Feb. 23, 1964
Reel 431 Item 2
A Little Too Small
I'm one of those jolly good fellows, you know.
I always enjoy a good time;
I pay my way wherever I go;
I'm willing to spend my last dime.
I have but one failing for the world to know,
And that is I can't stretch and grow tall,
And the girls they all say,
Young man, you're a little too samll.
You're a little to samll, my dear boy;
You would not answer at all;
You're young yet, you know,
Perhaps you may grow,
At present you're a little too small.
There's a girl in this town that I lived;
I loved her as I loved my own life;
One day like a goose, I fell on my knees And asked her to be my dear wife.
She fell in my arms, declared that she would;
We were to be wed last fall.
Though I'm single yet, and the reason she gave She said I was a little too small.
Youre a little too samll my dear boy,
You would not answer at all;
You're young yet, you know,
Perhaps you may grow;
At present you'er a little too samll.
I got a message down South a rich uncle had died; Of course I went in for my share.
The lawyer was there, those few words to say,
My son, you're a young millionaire.A Little Too Small (continued)
The next day while walking down the street, The ladies all on me did call;
Turning around and tipping my hat,
Saying girls, you're a little too tall.
You"re a little too tall, my dear girls,
You would not answer at all;
I'm young yet, you know,
Perhaps I may grow,
At present you're a little too tall.